minor term
Britishnoun
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The minor term, therefore, is undistributed, and the conclusion must be particular.
From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Read, Carveth
The minor term is the subject of the minor premise 130 and the subject of the conclusion.
From English: Composition and Literature by Webster, W. F. (William Franklin)
In other words, if both the major term and the minor term lie outside the middle term, the syllogism gives us no means of knowing what their relation is to each other.
From The Making of Arguments by Gardiner, J. H.
Therefore the minor term is undistributed in the minor premiss, where it is predicate.
From Deductive Logic by Stock, St. George William Joseph
The premise which contains the middleterm and the major term is called the major premise; that which contains the middleterm and the minor term is called the minor premise.
From A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive 7th Edition, Vol. I by Mill, John Stuart
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